KSH: earnings rose by 13.6 percent in September

In September, average wages grew by 13.6 percent compared to a year before – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported on Wednesday. The annual rate of increase of average earnings exceeds 13 percent for the fourth month.

Growth was affected by the increase of the minimum wage and the15 and 25 percent increase of the guaranteed minimum wage and by the wage adjustments affecting state public service companies and some areas of the budgetary sector as well. (MTI)